Merge pull request #5964

9a1dcea Use CScheduler for net's DumpAddresses (Gavin Andresen)
ddd0acd Create a scheduler thread for lightweight tasks (Gavin Andresen)
68d370b CScheduler unit test (Gavin Andresen)
cfefe5b scheduler: fix with boost <= 1.50 (Cory Fields)
ca66717 build: make libboost_chrono mandatory (Cory Fields)
928b950 CScheduler class for lightweight task scheduling (Gavin Andresen)
e656560 [Qt] add defaultConfirmTarget constant to sendcoinsdialog (Philip Kaufmann)

src/init.cpp

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "net.h"
 #include "rpcserver.h"
 #include "script/standard.h"
+#include "scheduler.h"
 #include "txdb.h"
 #include "ui_interface.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ bool InitSanityCheck(void)
 /** Initialize bitcoin.
  *  @pre Parameters should be parsed and config file should be read.
  */
-bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
+bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 {
     // ********************************************************* Step 1: setup
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
@@ -890,6 +891,10 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
             threadGroup.create_thread(&ThreadScriptCheck);
     }
 
+    // Start the lightweight task scheduler thread
+    CScheduler::Function serviceLoop = boost::bind(&CScheduler::serviceQueue, &scheduler);
+    threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<CScheduler::Function>, "scheduler", serviceLoop));
+
     /* Start the RPC server already.  It will be started in "warmup" mode
      * and not really process calls already (but it will signify connections
      * that the server is there and will be ready later).  Warmup mode will
@@ -1373,7 +1378,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     LogPrintf("mapAddressBook.size() = %u\n",  pwalletMain ? pwalletMain->mapAddressBook.size() : 0);
 #endif
 
-    StartNode(threadGroup);
+    StartNode(threadGroup, scheduler);
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
     // Generate coins in the background